To: Mrs. Don-o; cherry; Pining_4_TX; DFG
RE :”
When my dear 92-year-old father was on a home hospice program in my home for the last 2 1/2 years of his life, the program (funded by Medicare) sent in CNA’s who were kind, dedicated, competent, and doing physically demanding, essential services for my very debilitated father. I was dismayed to find out they themselves were getting almost no benefits, and really low wages” Medicare or medicaid?
Once again I don’t think medicare pays for long term nursing care, that is medicaid when all the patient’s and his/her spouses assets are gone.
Here in Maryland a nursing home charges $6K a month or $72K per year to medicaid. But of course the state government drives up the cost of labor without getting better service. Better to get a private contractor who wants to work off the books.
So this German idea might not be bad.
25 posted on
12/27/2012 10:44:19 PM PST by
sickoflibs
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To: sickoflibs
Actually, now that you mention it, I don’t know if it was Medicare or Medicaid (Tenncare?) They somehow worked it though the Tricities (TN) regional medical center (Mountain States Health Alliance.)
28 posted on
12/28/2012 5:22:11 AM PST by
Mrs. Don-o
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